Learning in Engineering Today

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• Learning in Engineering Today
• Far from Remembering the Contents of Engineering
  Handbook (på svengelska)
• Bengt Lennartsson benle_at_ITN.LiU.seITN, Campus
  Norrköping, Linköping Universityhttp//www.itn.li
  u.se/benle/
• Kristina Davidson Söderman k.d.s_at_pbl.sePBL
  Competence AB, Linköping

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• Bakgrund till mitt tyckandeÖver 30 års
  erfarenhet av universitetsundervisning inom
  matematik, fysik, fältteori, antennteori,
  elektronik, digital- och datorteknik,
  reglerteknik, datalogi, programvaruteknik,
  systemutveckling.
• Erfarenhet av forskning/forskarutbildning inom
  mikrovågsteknik, datalogi, programvaruteknik och
  systemutveckling.
• Erfarenhet av industriellt utvecklingsarbete
  inom mikrovågsantenner, programmeringsmiljöer,
  ledningssystem, nya datorarkitekturer,
  telefonisystem och vitvaruprodukter.

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• Conclusions, 1
• Document based models dont work
• Team learning a possible approach?

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• New Paradigm for capabilities and skills

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• From AXE development at Ericsson (Taxén)
• Typical situation in a number of 8-12 month
  development projects
• The requirements were frozen initially, after
  careful analysis and screening. However,
  typically 30 of them had been canceled,
  regarded as irrelevant, before delivery.
• 30 of the functions delivered were not
  even considered when project started.

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• The Requirements Today
• Global Markets
• Frequent Changes in Technology
• Complex Systems/Organizations
• How to Meet the Requirements
• Flexible Flat Organization
• Development Teams
• Organizational Learning

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• The Capability Cube

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• New Requirements on Development Engineers
• Ability to learn new things more important than
  ability to remember old facts.
• Ability to communicate and cooperate more
  important than individual brilliance.
• Ability to understand totality and
  interdependencies more important than expertise
  in a narrow area.
• Ability to question and to discover new trends
  more important than ability to follow detailed
  instructions.

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• Conclusions, 2
• Change in attitudes and behavior patterns do not
  follow automatically from reading literature or
  listening to lectures.
• Training in teams required.

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• In engineering
• Training in creativity and in the development of
  new understanding are essential components.

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• How to meet the New Requirements?
• Some fragments from my experience
• Problem Based and Project Oriented approaches
• Process oriented Cross cultural focus
• PBL Cases equal to reality
• Changes in attitudes and behavior patterns needed
• Options
• Individual or group results?
• Existing or new knowledge?
• Team work essential part of contents, or just
  means?

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